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Interviews, panel discussions and public appearances
featuring Dina LaPolt:
Music Attorney Dina LaPolt Marks 20 Years in the Biz, and 20 Lessons She Learned Along the Way
Attorney Dina LaPolt founded her own firm 20 years ago and went on to represent music stars like Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, rappers 21 Savage and Cardi B and the Tupac Shakur estate. As her practice grew, so did LaPolt’s conviction for righting the music ecosystem’s wrongs. She’s tackled songwriters’ rights and access to digital royalties; she campaigned for federal COVID relief to help music creators and independent contractors; and she’s currently advocating to eliminate the use of triggering terms like “master recording” in contracts. A Variety ‘Power of Women’ honoree, the openly gay, loudly sober industry trailblazer lets ‘Strictly Business’ into her world of advocacy.
AFEM Industry Insider Podcast | Episode 4: NFT’s ft. Dina Lapolt
NFTs have really exploded into our industry this year - it’s becoming a high profile new format for selling digital art, music, fan experience bundles and essentially anything where digital ownership changes hands.. so in this discussion we’re going to try and cover off all the basics and explain what NFTs are, what opportunities and potential challenges they might present for creators and the wider electronic music industry, and separate the hype from the reality.
Changing The Music Business | Superstar Music Attorney Dina LaPolt
Dina joins The Miss Krystle Podcast to talk about being an Entertainment Attorney, the Monetization Act, and how she sued the Department of Justice!
NFT BOOM, ART & MUSIC – INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IMPLICATIONS
The demand for non-fungible tokens (NFT’s) is at an all-time high and many say it is here to stay. NFTs are unique digital items such as visual art, stickers, game skins, and even music, that allow virtual goods to be “tokenized” and exchanged for cryptocurrency on the blockchain. This Beverly Hill Bar Association panel explores the regulatory legal topics and the intellectual property concerns as it pertains to art and music in an NFT and how to maximize its value and monetize same.
ARI’S TAKE PODCAST: DINA LAPOLT ON GETTING LAWS PASSED AND FIGHTING FOR SONGWRITERS
Dina sits down with the “Ari’s Take” podcast to discuss challenges that independent artists and songwriters are dealing with and how they rarely get a seat at the table. Dina also talks about what she did with the CARES Act. She made sure musicians and songwriters were included in the CARES Act and HEROES Act. Additionally, she discusses how a mixed earners stipulation was added in the follow-up bill. She also describes what she's working on right now with the Biden Administration to make sure that musicians and songwriters don't get left behind.
MusiCares 2020
Dina introducing MusiCares Person of The Year, Aerosmith.
MIDEM 2019
Dina’s Keynote with Hannah Karp from Billboard.
Good Morning America
LaPolt featured on Good Morning America after her diligent work which released 21 Savage from ICE detention.
2018 Billboard Women in Music
Music Modernization Act Key Figures Accept Executives of the Year Honor
MIDEM 2018
Dina featured on the the The Voice of the Creators panel.
MIDEM 2018
Dina featured on the the Copyright Reforms in North America: What Next? panel.
TedX Talk 2016
LaPolt explores the landscape of the music industry, standing up for creator’s rights, and fighting for what you believe in.
MIDEM 2015
The International Impact of Copyright reforms in the USA.
Canadian Music WEEK 2014
Panel discussion, Keys To Success: The EDM Boom, at the Toronto Marriot Hotel, where the past and future of Dance Music, and the concept of Branding as "Patronage of the Arts", were among the topics discussed.
Steven Tyler, Mick Fleetwood Lobby Hawaii Legislature
Steven Tyler and Mick Fleetwood and their attorney, Dina LaPolt, lobby Hawaii senate for stronger privacy laws. The Steven Tyler Act would make it a civil tort to "capture or intend to capture, in a manner that is offensive to a reasonable person, through any means a visual image, sound recording, or other physical impression of another person while that person is engaging in a personal or familial activity with a reasonable expectation of privacy."
RockerrazzI
Sit down with music attorney, Dina LaPolt